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. 2024 Aug 27;24:1002. doi: 10.1186/s12903-024-04767-9

Table 2.

Summary of dimensions and abilities explored according to the Levesque framework

Author/Year Access focus (Dimensions VS abilities) Number of Dimensions/ abilities Explored Dimensions and abilities explored.
(Yes/No)
Approachability Acceptability Availability/
accommodation
Affordability Appropriateness To perceive To seek To reach To pay To engage
Abduludin et al., (2019) [33] Both 10 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Al Agili et al., (2004) [35] Both 5 Yes No Yes Yes No No No Yes Yes No
Al Habashneh et al., (2012) [60] Both 2 No No No Yes No Yes No No No No
AlHammad et al., (2020) [45] Both 2 No No Yes No No No No No No Yes
Allison et al., (2000) [36] Both 6 Yes No Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No Yes
Al-shehri., (2012) [64] Both 6 No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes
Alshihri et al., (2021) [46] Both 3 No No Yes Yes No No No No No Yes
Barry et al., (2014) [37] Both 9 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes
Bhaskar et al., (2016) [47] Both 5 No No Yes Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes
Brickhouse et al., (2009) [48] Both 4 No No Yes No No Yes No No Yes Yes
Chi et al., (2010) [61] Both 3 No No No Yes Yes No No No Yes No
Como et al., (2022) [41] Both 5 No Yes Yes Yes No No Yes No Yes No
De Jongh et al., (2008) [49] Both 4 No No Yes Yes No No Yes No No Yes
de Souza et al., (2023) [42] Both 4 No Yes No No No Yes No Yes No Yes
Du et al., (2019) [38] Both 7 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No Yes
Fenning et al., (2020) [65] Abilities 3 No No No No No Yes Yes No No Yes
Gerreth et al., (2016) [50] Both 5 No No Yes Yes Yes No No Yes No Yes
Holt & Parry, (2019) [51] Dimensions 2 No No Yes No Yes No No No No No
Hu & Da Silva, (2022) [44] Both 8 No Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Junnarkar et al., (2023) [39] Both 7 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes No No
Kachwinya et al., (2022) [62] Both 4 No No No Yes No Yes No Yes Yes No
Krishnan et al., (2018) [52] Both 3 No No Yes No No No No No Yes Yes
Lai et al., (2012) [53] Both 6 No No Yes Yes No Yes No Yes Yes Yes
Liu et al., (2022) [40] Both 8 Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes No Yes Yes Yes
Mansoor et al., (2018) [54] Both 3 No No Yes No No Yes No No No Yes
Nelson et al., (2011) [14] Both 5 No No Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No
Parry et al., (2023) [55] Both 4 No No Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No No
Puthiyapurayil et al., (2022) [56] Both 5 No No Yes No No Yes No Yes Yes Yes
Rajput et al., (2021) [57] Both 6 No No Yes Yes No Yes No Yes Yes Yes
Sabbarwal et al., (2018) [43] Both 5 No Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No No Yes
Schultz et al., (2001) [34] Abilities 1 No No No No No No No No Yes No
Shyama et al., (2015) [58] Both 4 No No Yes Yes No No No Yes No Yes
Stein et al., (2012) [59] Both 4 No No Yes No Yes Yes No No No Yes
Zahran et al., (2023) [66] Abilities 4 No No No No No Yes Yes No Yes Yes
Zhou et al., (2021) [63] Both 5 No No Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No
Zickafoose et al., (2015) [67] Abilities 1 No No No No No No No No Yes No